A combined evaluation of common variants with small effects and rare predisposing mutations among young female childhood cancer survivors may further stratify this high-risk population for subsequent breast cancer risk. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/aafc-gpm102318.php

Some drugs for heart disease might also work against brain cancer, according to an analysis by researchers from the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC), and UConn Health. The researchers used a new approach to identify five heart medicines that might also be effective at fighting the most common type of childhood brain cancer, they report in the Oct. 24 edition of Science Translational Medicine. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018

A child getting sick is every parent's worst nightmare, but by keeping vigilant and accepting the support of others, you and your family can get through this. Read more: https://folks.pillpack.com/how-to-survive-your-childs-cancer-diagnosis/

Researchers have discovered a way to grow human stem cells destined to become mature sperm in an effort to provide fertility options later in life to males who are diagnosed with cancer and undergo chemotherapy and radiation as children. Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/future-fertility:-giving-hope-to-men-who-received-childhood-cancer-treatment-

Traditional methods of diagnosing certain brain cancers in children are deeply flawed, a new study shows. As a result, some children with these particular rare tumors have been getting the wrong diagnoses and, in some cases, the wrong treatment, the researchers say. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2018/10/pediatric-brain-cancer-misdiagnosis.html

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London in collaboration with a team at the Structural Genomics Consortium in Oxford (SGC) have created a new series of compound that could form the basis for drugs that target the devastating childhood brain cancer diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG. Read more: https://www.icr.ac.uk/news-archive/new-study-discovers-inhibitors-of-protein-linked-to-the-devastating-childhood-brain-cancer-dipg

A new blood test for children with brain tumors offers a safer approach than surgical biopsies and may allow doctors to measure the effectiveness of treatment even before changes are identified on scans, according to research led by UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals and Children's National Health System. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-blood-biopsy-kids-brain-tumors.html

Experts at Newcastle University have identified that the drug, palbociclib can work effectively on treating acute myeloid leukaemia. Read more: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/breast-cancer-drug-could-used-15253536

Petting a therapy dog can help reduce stress and anxiety in kids who have cancer, but a visit from one of these furry friends can also spread dangerous germs to these vulnerable children. Read more: https://www.livescience.com/63766-therapy-dog-mrsa-cancer-patients.html

New research published today in Nature Communications shows that, in a severe childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma, a single signaling pathway underlies the tumor’s ability to do both. The pathway may be a good target for new cancer treatments. Read more: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/10/08/new-research-findings-could-give-pediatric-brain-tumors-a-one-two-punch/